February, the season for love, is for both giving and receiving. Here at Amy’s Ice Creams, we have started production on our famous Chocolate Covered Strawberries. This wonderful, sweet treat has found its way into the heart of Texans for over 30 years and has made a name for itself every Valentine’s Day.

The process of love is simple; we start with a fresh, plump strawberry, hand-dipped by our ice cream scoops in the same Belgian Callebaut Chocolate we also use in our ice cream.

Fun Fact! Belgian Callebaut Chocolate, produced in Wieze, Belgium. Cocoa beans roast in their shell, which protects the chocolate’s aromas and subtleties. Belgian chocolatiers have been using this technique for over 100 years!

We submerge our strawberries in chocolate, then rest them gently on a tray to set up and create a solid but silky to the taste shell. After a momentary stop in a cooling freezer, a white chocolate lattice is applied to each berry individually.

Fun Fact! At Amy’s we use real white chocolate with cocoa butter, fine sugar, and a touch of Bourbon Vanilla, used to create an extra touch of sweetness.

Specially trained scoops carefully handpick the best-looking strawberries ensuring the highest quality dozen Chocolate Covered Strawberries. Packaging is not the final stop for our Chocolate Covered Strawberries. They are delivered to all of the stores across Texas. Finally, the journey ends for our delicious dozens in the hands of you, the passionate lovers, to give or receive on that special day.

We at Amy’s Ice Creams hope that you and your loved ones have a beautiful Valentine’s Day of both giving and receiving.

Starting Monday, February 12th, our Chocolate Covered Strawberries will be available to the public. This delicacy goes by fast, and each store has been known to sell out quickly.

To beat the rush, we recommend that you place your pre-order for pickup on the Tuesday,13th or Wednesday, 14th today. This allows you to reserve our famous berries and skip the line.

On Tuesday 11/21/17 we will be hosting Volunteer Healthcare Clinic at Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Rd! If enough support comes for dinner/dessert and mention them while ordering, both businesses will share a portion of the day's sales with them.

The Volunteer Healthcare Clinic (VHC) provides health care services and prevention education to low-income and uninsured people in Travis County who have nowhere else to turn. Utilizing a dedicated corps of over 400 volunteers, we provide primary care for acute and chronic conditions during 3 evening clinics each week. We are the oldest clinic in Austin and have been continually serving our community since 1966.

We're hosting the UT Texas Wranglers at Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Monday 10/30/17! Mention them while ordering a burger or dessert to show your support. If enough people do, we'll share a portion of the day's sales with them!

A word from Texas Wranglers:"Today, we continue to uphold the vision of our founders through our actions. We directly help out the Austin community through our main service event each fall called City Wide Hold Up which directly benefits Easter Seals - Central Texas. We also aid students, the University, and those in need through our many other service efforts. We continue striving to improve ourselves and leaving the organization and world better than we found it. We won best service organization and most outstanding organization in 2017."

This November, Amy’s Ice Creams celebrates 34 years of ‘Making People’s Day’. On November 7th 2017 from 3pm to 7pm we are giving back to the community who made us strong with FREE ICE CREAM DAY.

Celebrating our 34 years means that we want to celebrate the people of Texas. Strong, charismatic, hardworking and proud folks who expand across this great state. In Austin, San Antonio, and Houston at all locations we will be giving away scoops of ice cream with a crush’n, absolutely free of charge. All we ask is that you embrace this moment with each other, give thanks we live in this beautiful state, and Make People’s Day.

Ice Cream Unites Us, Texas, and we are so proud to call you home!

Taking bets on how many ice creams you think I can make in 4 hours with a line wrapped around the building. MAMA GET SWOLL

We are hosting The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on Tuesday 10/24/17 at Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Road! Support their cause by mentioning them when you order. If enough people do, we'll share a portion of the day's sales with them!

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide. AFSP is hosting its annual Out of The Darkness Walk on October 28th, 2017. The purpose of this walk is to spread awareness and honor those who have lost loved ones to suicide or survivors of their own struggle. All are welcome to participate in the walk.

Grab a burger and an ice cream Tuesday 10/10/17 at Phil's and Amy's on Burnet Road on behalf of Austin Discovery School! Don't forget to mention them while you are ordering. If enough supporters show up, we'll donate a portion of the day's sales to their school!

Austin Discovery School is a tuition-free, innovative charter school serving children in grades K-8. Austin Discovery School creates socially and emotionally aware, confident, critical-thinkers and problem-solvers through interactive, hands-on lessons and relevant project-based learning. A small, community oriented school, ADS offers spacious, naturally lit, beautiful classrooms with a low student:teacher ratio. Classrooms are full of movement and social interactions as learners work cooperatively and share their knowledge with one another.

Join Babywearing International of Greater Austin as they celebrate International Babywearing Week! Stop by Amy's and Phil's in the Austinville 78704 shopping center on 10/2/17, and mention their organization while ordering. If enough supporters are counted, we'll share a portion of the day's sales with them!

Their Mission:Babywearing International of Greater Austin works to promote babywearing as a universally accepted practice, with benefits for both child and caregiver, through education and support.

Tuesday 8/29/17 we are hosting St. Louis Catholic School and Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Rd! Help them by mentioning their organization while ordering at both restaurants. If enough guests do, we'll share a portion of the entire day's sales with them!

St. Louis Catholic School serves the Central Texas community, providing excellence in education for students from PreK4 through 8th grade. A Montessori track has also opened for 3 and 4 year olds in Fall 2017. Through our comprehensive curriculum, experienced and outstanding teachers, and parental and community involvement, St. Louis provides its diverse population with faith-centered instruction that inspires young hearts and minds.

Please join us on Tuesday 8/22/17 as we host ACTS of Love at Phil's and Amy's in the Austinville 78750 shopping center. Burgers, ice cream, live music, and good times to be had. Plus we'll share a portion of the day's sales with them if enough supporters mention their organization while ordering!

ACTS of Love supports teen-parents by providing free childcare and parenting resources. It is their dream to see all teen-parents complete high school and for their children to receive the early education needed for Kindergarten and beyond.

Come out this Tuesday, August 15th at 7pm for exciting, free family fun! Our South Park Meadows location (9600 S IH 35 Frontage Rd) is hosting our 13th annual Trick Olympics and we want you to join us!

Amy's Scoops from all across Texas will compete for first place in three different events:

Team Trick - Two or more scoops bring you a spectacular show of skill as they feed off the vibes of one another.

Solo Trick - One man show! It is important to have charisma, talent, and sass when it comes to pulling off your own tricks with all eyes on you!

Decathlon - This event requires immense talent as both a show man and a trickster. The most talented of scoops compete against one another in a trick by trick race. The winner who completes all of the tricks the fastest will take the prize.

This guaranteed to be a record setting year, with brand new talent from across Texas as well as old favorites like returning champion Sebastian Whitney of 183. Come out and see special guest DJ Big Face, enjoy some ice cream, and participate in our raffle for your chance to win a giant basket of gift certificates to local businesses all over town! Proceeds will go to CASA of Travis County, a nonprofit who gives children a voice in the courtroom against abuse and neglect. Please check out http://www.casatravis.org/ for more information about their organization.

Please join us Tuesday 8/1/17 as we host Justice for our Neighbors at Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Rd. If enough supporters mention their organization while ordering, we'll share a portion of the entire day's sales with them!

Justice for our Neighbors Austin is a non-profit law office, welcoming refugees and immigrants into our communities by providing free or low-cost, high-quality immigration legal services, education, and advocacy for Central Texas. In the last year, Justice for our Neighbors provided 12 Know Your Rights Information Sessions and over 80 individual immigration legal consultations. We have also represented 110 refugees and immigrant clients in 140 cases!

Today at our Austinville 78750 location we are celebrating the life of Evan Nasky, a past Amy's employee who tragically passed away 5 years ago this day. As part of the 2017 International Kindness Project, Evan's parents have asked we randomly give out 50 free ice creams in his memory.

The Kindness Project began in 1996 as a way for families to honor their deceased child and to help themselves heal. Now, years later, almost two million random acts of kindness have been performed around the world in memory of a child, parent, friend, or spouse who died before their time.

Join us at our Burnet Rd location next Thursday the 7/27 for our annual blood drive in remembrance of Phil Clay, the Godfather of Amy's Production and guardian angel of our community. We are hoping for 40 donations this year!

What's in it for you? Free ice cream from Amy's of course, plus a free movie pass to Alamo Drafthouse! Hope to see you there!

Join the fun and support the Hurricane Swim Team on Tuesday 6/13 at Amy's and Phil's in the Austinville 78750 shopping center! If enough supporters mention them while ordering, we'll donate a portion of the day's sales to their organization!

The Hurricane Swim Team is a family-friendly summer swim team in northwest Austin. As a member of the Northwest Swim Circuit, their mission is to provide a structured recreational activity where your child can learn the value of competition, sportsmanship, teamwork, and individual achievement, as well as make new friends while getting a great workout! Their season runs from early May through mid-July.

On Monday June 5th, join us at South Austinville 78704 as Amy's and Phil's host Central Texas Breastfeeding Coalition. If enough supporters mention them at each register, we'll donate a portion of the day's sales to their organization!

CTBC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of mothers, babies, and families through breastfeeding education, advocacy, and collaborative partnerships.

Have a burger and an ice cream on South Lamar Tuesday 5/23/17 to support St. Ignatius School! If enough supporters mention their organization while ordering, we'll share a portion of the day's sales with them!

St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School has been providing a quality Holy Cross centered education to the students of South Austin, Texas for 75 years. It offers a strong academic program as well as a wide variety of extracurricular and co-curricular activities for its students.

For more information on St. Ignatius, please visit https://school.st-ignatius.org/

Enjoy a burger and an ice cream at Amy's and Phil's on Burnet Rd tomorrow for Tapestry Singers. If enough supporters mention their organization while ordering, we'll share a portion of the entire day's sales with them!

A word for Tapestry Singers:

"In all our efforts, Tapestry seeks to fulfill our mission of being a welcoming, non-auditioned chorus for any woman who wants to sing. We celebrate each other as we joyfully create music that inspires us, our audience and our community. We love what we do and we love to bring women and their voices to the forefront of the community!"

Join this Monday 5/1 at Amy's and Phil's in the Austinville 78750 shopping center as we celebrate with First Foundations Preschool. If enough supporters mention their school while ordering, we share a portion of the day's sales with them!

First Foundations has uniquely designed programs for Preschool through Kindergarten classes including a Kinder Bridge program. They have been serving the Northwest Austin/Cedar Park area for 18 years.

Enjoy an ice cream from 10 of our Austin locations tomorrow April 25th, and a portion of your purchase will go to AIDS Services of Austin! Annually, ASA provides direct care services to over 1,500 people and HIV prevention education to over 10,000 people. Their Dining Out For Life event is their largest annual fundraiser and a delicious way to get involved!